The Cruise of the Janet Nichol Among the South Sea Islands / a Diary by Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson ; Edited by Roslyn Jolly
by Stevenson, Fanny Van De Grift
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- ISBN 13
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Sydney : University Of New South Wales Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. In April 1890 the steamer Janet Nicoll set off from Sydney for a three-month trading voyage through the central and western Pacific. Aboard were seven white men, a crew of forty islanders, and one woman: a short-haired, barefoot, cigarette-smoking American, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, wife of the famous novelist Robert Louis Stevenson. The Cruise of the _Janet Nichol_ is Fanny_s account of her journey with her husband and grown son; 205 pages; Physical desc. : 205 p. : ill. , maps, ports. ; 23 cm. Originally published: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. Includes bibliographical references. This edition published in the United States by University of Washington Press, Seattle. Subject: Stevenson, Fanny Van de Grift, 1840-1914 - Travel - Oceania. Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 - Travel - Oceania. Janet Nichol (Ship) . Oceania - Description and travel. TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues
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- Title
- The Cruise of the Janet Nichol Among the South Sea Islands / a Diary by Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson ; Edited by Roslyn Jolly
- Author
- Stevenson, Fanny Van De Grift
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
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- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0295983701
- ISBN 13
- 9780295983707
- Publisher
- Sydney : University Of New South Wales Press
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2004
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